ESA Science & Technology - XMM-Newton In-Orbit Calibration

Publication date: 01 February 2002

Authors: Lumb, D.H.

Journal: ESA Bulletin
Volume: 109
Page: pp.71-77
Year: 2002

Copyright: ESA

Two years after the launch of the XMM-Newton Observatory saw a gathering of about 350 scientists at ESTEC for the Conference 'New Vision of the X-ray Universe'. This huge interest in the mission and the rapidly increasing number of scientific papers published as a result of XMM-Newton observations show the importance of ESA's latest observatory for astrophysics in the 21st century.